Oxyropsis wrightiana: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Siluriformes
Family
Loricariidae
Genus
Oxyropsis
Species
Oxyropsis wrightiana
Scientific Name
Oxyropsis wrightiana

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Oxyropsis wrightiana

Oxyropsis wrightiana is a species of armored catfish (Loricariidae) native to Brazil, Colombia and Peru where it occurs in the Amazon basin. This species grows to a length of 5.6 centimetres (2.2 in) SL.

Named for Scottish-Canadian zoologist Robert Ramsay (misspelled Ramsey) Wright (1852-1933), “who has contributed more than any one else” to the knowledge of the anatomy of American catfishes".


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Oxyropsis wrightiana in languages:

Czech
oxyropsis amazonský

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